While the U.N. Climate Conference talks capture place in South Africa, a more intese battle for the environment rages elsewhere on the continent.In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the administration is using limited resources and manpower to police and protect the nation’s vast natural resources. The Congo Basin, occupying over a million square miles, has the second largest rainforest in the earth and covers an area larger than Spain, according to the BBC. The BBC’s Andrew Harding clarifies in the video that Congolese troops face a constant battle against “loggers, farmers and a lethal assortment of militia groups.” Africa’s “booming” economic growth in recent years immediately method that the region’s rainforest is “suddenly at risk.”Glance at More…
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